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Pakistan General Elections Ahead

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n July 25th, the Fafen(free and fair election network) consisting of over 50 leading civil society organisations is set to deploy 19,000 impartial observers across 272 National Assembly constituencies to monitor voting and counting processes. The civil society deserves to experience transparency as this repulses political engineering and coercion if any.

The Pakistanis will have to be careful enough to elect parliamentarians on the basis of party manifesto and candidates’ integrity.

Though casting vote is a legal right, a civic duty and a moral obligation, some registered voters prefer not to show up at their designated polling stations. Reason of their reluctance may be their valid fear of reprisal from some quarters or they choose not to go for voting out of convenience.

Probably, they are hesitant to cast ballot due to their perception about the contestants or the system in place. The fact, however, remains that they deserve to use their power of choice wisely by voting for the right candidate based on his or her track record. Some voters go voting independently without pressure just to satisfy their own perception.

Right-wing ideology party supports the status quo and see capitalists as engines of growth, while the left-wing ideology party is of the view that the masses are engines of growth. On the contrary, the two parties have been taking turns only to criminally neglect public interests, destroy national institutions, and over-

burdening the nation with an extremely high indebtedness in the last ten years of their dictatorship style democracy.

Unfortunately, the two political families have been running the show in controlling Pakistan politics and governance.

The dynastic politics has always been facilitating the ruling elite to carry on with a “corrupt style nonsense” under the umbrella of parliamentary system.

Elect a pro Pakistan government: The looming threat of weakening Pakistan posed by the next door neighbor is in collaboration with its allies under a modern warfare strategy. In other words, Pakistan’s economy has been set up to suffer both from outside through heavy loans, and from within through a proxy terrorism and the ongoing mega corruption. Civil governments have been ignoring to provide the desperately needed facilities to the farmers. Neglecting to construct new dams amounts to a grave criminal offence; beyond doubt, it has provided an easy opportunity to the ENEMY to snatch Pakistan’s share of “flowing rivers.”

Prime Minister Modi plans to divert all the flowing rivers away from Pakistan to create another Somalia. The previous governments have been asleep on the major issue. The Election time is an excellent opportunity to fix the wrongs by electing the good people only.

Now, the competing political parties are focused on policies, strategies and projects in sectors of Health, Education, Water, Energy and job. Ques-

tion is how would they fund the promised projects? There is no valid answer to satisfy the politically aware voter.

Interesting: Following data is supplied by Asif Khan (fb) Political Scene - General Elections July 25, 2018 Independent Analyses (unbiased of political affiliation) based on 4 opinion polls results Jun 15 - Jul 16, 2018 i.e.

IPOR (published by GSP), AKD Research, Pulse Consultants & Gallup Pakistan (published by GEO/ Jang).

They all were not far off in their results, hence averaged out the results (Total of 272 National Assembly seats) as follows: (numbers rounded) PTI 32% (87 seats) PMLN 26% (71 seats) PPP 15% (41 seats) MMA 3% (8 seats) MQM 2% (5 seats) ANP 1% (3 seats) Others 21% (57 seats*) * GDA 5, TLYR 4, PSP 4, Others 4, Independents 40) The worst case scenario: A lota-cracy culture is on the rise and nobody knows for sure who is sincere and who is not.

Most probably, a hung parliament will form a coalition government which is bad for deliverance as promised.

There is no doubt about the fact that PMLN is facing difficult times and needs a party to be able to pull out of this fiasco. For years, the two parties have fought against one another but this time around it is beneficial to come to one goal of maintaining status quo.

Nevertheless, a coalition of the “PPP-PML(n) will be a disaster for the country as a reversal of verdicts so far reached will be done fast by amending the constitution in their favor.

The interests of Pakistan most likely will be in jeopardy and compromised under their union. The last ten years of their so called democratic rule is an open book to read.

Punjab is the real political arena in this election: Each National Assembly constituency won or lost in Punjab will have far-reaching impact on the final outcome.

Opinion polls, surveys and predictions are clearly indicating the following: • No political party will be able to get the required majority to form the next government hence, a hung parliament seems to be the most likely outcome.

•The politically affiliated voters are going to be voting for the party of their liking.

•The undecided voters can go either way. These voters might not be in big numbers but can decisively swing the election in favor of either the PML-N or the PTI. Both the parties are trying to win over these voters.

Unfaithful parliamentarians are not welcome: Pakistanis must report the candidates who are giving cash to the poor to buy votes. Rejecting the cheating mafia shall generate a purely democratic parliament.

1.The coalition government or the winning party must continue to fight against terror, work towards the national economy, a viable foreign policy.

2. Most of all, the incoming leadership should immediately realize the delicacy of water shortage nationwide and act accordingly.

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Wa a n l a y s a l i l i n s a n i i l l a m a ’ s a ’ a a T h a t m a n c a n h a v e n o t h i n g b u t w h a t h e s t r i v e s f o r.

‘Bitter Lesson learnt’ & Miraculous Mission’

dom of deciding to go wherever and with whoever invites them.

Let us keep the School education for real ‘education’ of learning ABC, 123, reading, writing and academic subjects.

Apart from that anything else like ethics, moral values, or their personal Gender ID is the duty of parents to teach and not the Schools.

Teach them the truth of Body parts they are born with that’s what is their true ID. No need to confuse them nor support their confused little minds for their Gender ID etc.

Let us pray hard for 12 Children for their safety.

Well, it seems somebody’s prayer is answered.

Miracle happened and Miraculous Mission accomplished by the most bravest ‘Rescuers’. All the Boys are out of dangerous hell.

This reminds us of the Kahf-Cave story of ‘7 sleepers of Ephesus’, Quran 18-10: “Youths betook in the Cave and prayed: Our Lord bestow on us mercy from Thyself and dispose of our affair--”.

In pre-Islamic period in the reign of Roman Empire, 7 youths hid in the Cave, remained there asleep for some years until miraculously sealed Wall being demolished, and had no idea the duration of time passed until they went out shopping and the old Money they had wasn’t in use any more. Salaam/peace

By: Gulshan Aalani Absolutely nerve breaking condition of partly flooded Cave in northern Thailand where 12 young boys the Soccer team players and the Coach are trapped and seems almost impossible to bring them out safely right away.

Let us hope and pray they all come out safely as soon as possible, as the lack of Oxygen is most threatening for their lives.

Isn’t this a good lesson learnt for Parents worldwide not to hand over children to any one whether it is a Teacher, a Coach or a Baby sitter before searching well why and where are they going for the School Field trips or any other independent trips.

Such field trips should be only for educational purpose and not for exploration.

Why do Children need to go in the Cave? To explore what?

To investigate, to study, to survey, to research, for ISCC and MAT Strongly Condemn inspection or observation, or just for fun?

It is not the job of children to explore the dangerTerrorist Attacks in Pakistan ous Caves. Let’s leave it to the grown ups and Archeologists with the right safety equipment.

By:Imam Syed Soharwardy Let us remember not to give them so much free- (Calgary) The Islamic Supreme Council of Cana-

da (ISCC) and Muslims Against Terrorism (MAT) strongly condemn the recent three suicide terrorist attacks in Pakistan. Within less than two weeks three terrorist attacks in Peshawar and Bannu in province KPK and Mastung, Baluchistan have killed more than 150 innocent Muslims and injured more than 300 People.

Why these deadly attacks did not draw attention of the western media, except occasional news?

If 300 people would have been killed in suicide attacks in the western world it would have been the headline news for many weeks. It would have put the religion of Islam and all Muslims on trial.

Islamophobes would have used these attacks to spread hate against Muslims. But since these terrorist attacks were carried out by suicide terrorists in a Muslim country and these attacks killed poor Muslims, therefore, its not worthy of western media’s attention. Where is humanity?

Why Canadian Prime Minister did not condemn these attacks? Why Donald Trump ignored these attacks? Where are European and western leaders? It is shame that the value of life is judged by the colour of skin, status, nationality and religion.

Why there is no condemnation of these attacks by the Pope and other Christian leaders?

ISCC and MAT express deep condolences to the victims and their families. We stand shoulder to shoulder with our brothers and sisters in Pakistan.

ISCC and MAT request all Muslim organizations to organize FATEHA for the victims. May Allah reward all the MARHUMEEN (those who were killed) with Jannatul Firdous (Heaven) and bless their families with patience and strength. Ameen.

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Pakistan backs UN response to Indian allegations against Kashmir report

Pakistan on Wednesday supported the United Nations’ (UN) dismissal of Indian allegations against its report on the poor human rights situation in Kashmir.

The first-ever UN report on alleged rights violations committed by both India and Pakistan in Kashmir released last month focuses mainly on India-held Kashmir (IHK), and accuses Indian troops of being responsible for an estimated 145

unlawful killings, far surpassing the 20 people estimated to have been killed by militant groups during that period.

It also speaks of “a range of human rights abuses” in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), but notes they “are of a different calibre or magnitude and of a more structural nature”.

When the report first came out, India termed it a biased account. According to the Times of India (TOI), the Indian Ministry of External Affairs rejected the report, describing it as “fallacious, tendentious and motivated”, and questioned the intent in releasing such a report. It was also said to have violated India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.

The report came up once again at a United Nations Security council session on Children and Armed Conflict on Tuesday, when Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN Maleeha Lodhi made a reference to it during the session, NDTV reported. Source: Dawn.com

Nawaz Sharif provided a cook, lawn to walk in at Adiala jail: officials

Punjab Information Minister Ahmed Waqas Riaz on Wednesday said that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is being provided all the facilities that he is entitled to while serving his 10-year sentence in Adiala jail, Rawalpindi. The ousted prime minister was shifted to the jail on July 13 and was assigned the ‘Better Class’ category of the prison the next day, July 14, Riaz told a press conference. He said Maryam Nawaz, too, is being provided adequate facilities in the women’s jail. The caretaker government’s clarification came in apparent response to a letter written to the government by PML-N President Shahbaz Sharif two days ago seeking better facilities for Nawaz. In his letter to Prime Minister Nasirul Mulk and Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Hasan Askari Rizvi, Shahbaz had drawn their attention to what he called the “abysmal conditions” in which Nawaz was being kept in Adiala jail.“During my visit and meeting along with other family members I found Nawaz Sharif in a pathetic prison environment which is highly detrimental to his health and well-being. He was not even given newspaper to read, his bed was a mattress on the floor and washroom was not clean and there was no air conditioner in the room. No attendant was there and the medical check-up facility was also not up to the mark,” the former Punjab chief minister had written.

However, a handout released by deputy inspector general (DIG) Prisons Malik Mubashir today appeared to contradict the situation. According to the statement, Nawaz was provided Better Class facilities by the Punjab government on July 14 after the former premier submitted an application to this effect and due to his entitlement as a former member of the National Assembly. Being a Better Class prisoner, Nawaz has been provided with the following facilities: The option to obtain his personal clothes, bed, mattress, shoes, table, chair, a 21-inch television, radio, toiletries, newspapers and other similar items at his own expense He has been jailed in a separate cell in a Better Class portion of the jailIn his room, he has been issued a steel bed, table, chair, newspapers, sheets for his personal bed, personal clothes, one ceiling fan, two bracket fans and toiletries. He has also been allowed to keep a 21-inch TV. He has been provided adequate space to take a walk and he “regularly goes for a stroll in the lawn attached to his cell”.

The jail’s medical staff and Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology (RIC) consultants regularly conduct his medical checkup and his health is “satisfactory”A specialised cook has been providing the diet recommended for him by an RIC nutritionistThe recommended diet that he is provided includes fruits, salad, dates and qeema (minced meat) His family members and friends can meet him on Thursdays, if he so desires, while his lawyers can meet him on any one day of the week According to the DIG prisons, Nawaz’s family members, lawyers and family doctor met him on July 14, while he has also met his daughter Maryam and son-in-law retired Capt Mohammad Safdar within the jail. Minister Riaz meanwhile emphasised that nobody could run a political campaign from the jail and those violating the prison rules will be proceeded against strictly. Source: Dawn.com

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With GDA help, PTI will defeat PPP in Sindh: Imran

SUKKUR: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Inman Imran Khan has saf (PTI) chair­ claimed that his party will defeat Asif Zardari in Sindh in collaboration with the Grand Democratic Alliance (GDA) and then “Zardari will be sent to Adiala jail where Nawaz Sharif is awaiting him”.Addressing a public meeting at Numaish Ground in Jacobabad on Tuesday, he said that the Pakistan Peo-

ples Party (PPP) had ruled Sindh for 10 years but failed to provide clean drinking water to the people of the province and that was why they were suffering from ailments like hepatitis. He said that according to a United Nations report, 75 per cent of Sindh’s people and 87pc of Thar residents were living below poverty line. Similarly, he said, 40pc of women and 70pc of children living in

the province faced malnutrition which was also causing deaths. “Yet the slogan of ‘Bhutto Zinda Hay’ (Bhutto still lives) is raised,” Mr Khan deplored. According to a report submitted to the Supreme Court, Sindh’s 80pc water was not fit for human consumption and its consumption was also contributing to spread of hepatitis, he said.

Source: Dawn.com

Bilawal calls for new charter of democracy among all parties ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has stressed the need for signing of a new charter of democracy (CoD) by all democratic political parties aimed at ensuring the protection of fundamental and constitutional rights of the citizens.

“I have no issue in having a broader dis-

cussion among all democratic parties, not just the PPP and the PML-N, on a new form of CoD,” the young PPP chairman said at a news conference here on Tuesday before leaving for Lalamusa via GT Road. He said his party did not have a “positive or good experience” as far as the implementation of the CoD, signed

between former prime ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif in London in May 2006, was concerned as “we found that the other side was not genuine”. “Our experience with both Nawaz Sharif and Shahbaz Sharif was not positive [on the issue of CoD],” he declared.

Source: Dawn.com

Senate body to review security arrangements for election day

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on Interior Chairman Senator Rehman Malik on Monday informed the upper house that he has convened a meeting of the committee on July 19 to get briefings from the inspectors general of police, chief secretaries and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to review security arrangements for candidates, voters and polling staff on election day.He said the committee will inquire about the arrangements made for ensur-

ing transparency in the elections and about how ballot boxes will be dispatched after polling.“We will ask to what extent our guideline has been implemented,” he said.

Police, chief secretaries, ECP will be asked how they will ensure transparency, dispatch ballot boxes after polling Mr Malik said according to the law, CCTV cameras are to be installed in all 85,000 polling stations. However, according to the ECP, the cameras have been installed at the 22,000 polling sta-

tions which have been declared sensitive.

“This is a matter of concern and we will ask ECP about its criteria for declaring a polling station sensitive. We will also make sure ballot papers are not printed at private printing presses, he said.Senator Malik was speaking during a debate on the Mastung attack on July 13 in which some 200 people including Balochistan Awami Party candidate Nawabzada Siraj Raisani were killed.

Source: Dawn.com

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Libyan coastguard left refugees Israeli army turns away displaced Syrians along Golan Heights to die in Mediterranean: NGO

Proactiva Open Arms, which has been rescuing refugees crossing the Mediterranean Sea from North Africa to Europe, says the Libyan coastguard has left at least two refugees to die after abandoning them at sea. The Spanish NGO, which carries out search and rescue operations in Mediterranean, posted a video and pictures on Twitter showing how their boat took aboard three people; two women and a child. By the time the three were found by Proactiva, one woman and the child had already died. According to tweets by Oscar Camps, founder and director of Proactiva, the boat was damaged and abandoned by the Libyan coastguard. “Today we’ve found the bodies of a woman and a small child, as well as a woman who was still alive among the wreck of a ship,” Camps said in a video. “I want to condemn the lack of assistance in international waters and the merchant ship Triades which abandoned a boat in danger in the middle of the night,” he added. “They don’t know how to manage an emergency situation they arrived two days late and abandoned two women and a child in the wreckage of a ship that they themselves destroyed,” Camps said. The boat carrying the two bodies and one survivor were found about 120km off the Libyan coast. “This is the direct consequence of contracting armed militias to make the rest of Europe believe that Libya is a state, a government and a safe country,” Camps said, referring to deals made between Libya and Eu-

ropean countries in an attempt to stem the number of refugees trying to reach Europe.

Libya, one of the main departing points for refugees traveling from North Africa to Europe, has made deals with Europe. Later, Camps blamed the death of the refugees on Italy and its new interior minister, Matteo Salvini. “This is the direct consequence of not allowing the work of NGOs that save lives in the Mediterranean,” Camps said.

Since taking up his post in early June, Salvini has pushed the divisive issue of migration to the forefront of the EU agenda by refusing to open Italy’s ports to migrant rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean. Last week, Salvini vowed to end arrivals by boat completely, saying the aim of the new policies was that “not one more person arrives by boat” on Italian shores. He has accused the NGO ships of aiding human traffickers to bring migrants to Europe. “Since we made our position known, in recent hours, there has not been a single ship of these so-called ‘humanitarian associations’ in Libyan waters,” Salvini said. “Pregnant women, children and refugees will remain in Italy,” said the minister, who has promised to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants.

“Protection is reserved for humanitarian cases,” he added. Italy’s new, stricter polices have led to condemnation from several NGOs, but also from countries like Spain and France. Source: Al-Jazera

Trump says he misspoke on Russia meddling Blistered by bipartisan condemnation of his embrace of a longtime U.S. enemy, U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday backed away from his public undermining of American intelligence agencies, saying he simply misspoke when he said he saw no reason to believe Russia had interfered in the 2016 U.S. election. Rebuked as never before by his own party, including a stern pushback from usually reserved Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the U.S. president sought to end 27 hours of recrimination by delivering a rare admission of error. “The sentence should have been, ‘I don’t see any reason why I wouldn’t, or why it wouldn’t be Russia”’ instead of “why it would,” Trump said of the comments he had made standing alongside Vladimir Putin on Monday’s summit stage in Helsinki. That didn’t explain why Trump, who had tweeted a half-dozen times and sat for two television interviews since the Putin news conference, waited so long to correct his remarks. And the scripted cleanup pertained only to the least defensible of his comments. He didn’t reverse other statements in which he gave clear credence to Putin’s “extremely strong and powerful” denial of Russian involvement, raised doubts about his own intelligence agencies’ conclusions and advanced discredited conspiracy theories about election meddling. He also accused past American leaders, rather than Russia’s destabilizing actions in the U.S. and around the world, for the souring of relations between two countries. And he did not address his other problematic statements dur-

ing a week-long Europe tour, in which he sent the NATO alliance into emergency session and assailed British Prime Minister Theresa May as she was hosting him for an official visit. “I accept our intelligence community’s conclusion that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election took place,” Trump conceded Tuesday. But even then he made a point of adding, “It could be other people also. A lot of people out there. There was no collusion at all.”

Moments earlier, McConnell felt the need to reassure America’s allies in Europe with whom Trump clashed during his frenzied trip last week. With no if ’s or but’s, the GOP leader declared, “The European countries are our friends, and the Russians are not.” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trump was trying to “squirm away” from his comments alongside Putin. “It’s 24 hours too late and in the wrong place,” he said. By dusk, hundreds of activists, led by attorney Michael

Scores of displaced Syrians were turned away by the Israeli army units on Tuesday as they attempted to approach the border fence along the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. The incident on Tuesday happened in Quneitra, where the Syrian government is fighting to push out the last remaining pockets of rebels and fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). The displaced Syrians stopped some 200 metres away from the fence, before an Israeli soldier told them to leave. “You are on the border of the State of Israel. Go back, we don’t want to hurt you,” the soldier shouted in Arabic through a loudspeaker at the crowd, live Reuters TV footage showed. The crowd, which included women and children, then walked back slowly towards the IDP encampment. Some stopped midway and waved white cloths in the direction of the Israeli frontier.

The group is among tens of thousands of Syrians who have arrived near the frontier over the past month following renewed fighting along the country’s southern Deraa and Quneitra provinces. “Go back before something bad happens. If you want us to be able to help you, go back,” the Israeli army officer told the crowd “Get a move on.” Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reporting from the occupied Golan Heights, said the hundred or so Syrians that gathered along the border on Tuesday had nowhere else to go. And despite both Israel and Jordan providing some tents for some of the refugees, there are concerns about their living situation. “What we understand is that they have gone back to the tents in the makeshift camps where they’re residing,” Dekker said, adding that the displaced have to deal with the rising temperatures as well as sanitary and water issues. “There is another concern that people who have been living under rebel control of years [which] is repercussion measures by the Syrian government,” said Dekker.

“There are activists in these areas, journalists, families who are simply afraid of what will happen to them when the government takes over the villages they’ve been living in.” The UN estimates that 160,000 Syrians have been displaced because of recent unrest, triggered largely by the Syrian government and its Russian ally’s attempts to retake rebel-controlled territory along in the south. Israel has given humanitarian aid to IDPs in encampments close to a 1974 Israeli-Syrian disengagement line on the Golan but has said they would not be allowed to cross into Israeli-held territory.

A witness on the Syrian side of the frontier Avenatti and actress Alyssa Milano, staged a protest near the White House, with chants of “traitor!” echoing along Pennsylvania Avenue.

Trump still maintained that his meetings with NATO allies went well and his summit with Putin “even better.” But this reference to diplomatic success carried an edge, too, since the barrage of criticism and insults he delivered in Brussels and London was hardly well-received. Later Tuesday, Trump tweeted, “The meeting between President Putin and myself was a great success, except in the Fake News Media!” On Capitol Hill, top Republican leaders said they were open to slapping fresh sanctions on Russia, but they showed no sign of acting any time soon. “Let’s be very clear, just so everybody knows: Russia did meddle with our elections,” said House Speaker Paul Ryan, another steady Trump political ally. “What we intend to do is make sure they don’t get away with it again and also to help our allies.” In the Senate, McConnell said “there’s a possibility” his chamber would act, pointing to a bipartisan measure from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., to deter future Russian interference by ordering sanctions against countries if they do. Both parties called for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

said people were seeking shelter wherever they could as the offensive drew closer to their location. Lama Fakih, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa division at Human Rights Watch, told Al Jazeera both the Israeli and Jordanian governments have an obligation to not push back fleeing asylum seekers. “The tens of thousands that have been displaced are fleeing extensive bombardment.

They have left in many cases with literally the clothing on their backs,” Fakih said. “They are living in areas where is intense heat without adequate shelter, without adequate humanitarian assistance and despite the extreme humanitarian conditions and insecurity in the area, both the Israeli and the Jordanian government have persisted in not allowing these asylum seekers to try to seek refuge across the border,” he added. According to Fakih, the displaced group includes journalists, humanitarian aid workers and other individuals who the Syrian government has targeted, detained and executed in the past. Fakih said Israel’s response to developments along the border falls short of what is required to alleviate the suffering of displaced Syrians. “Quite simply it is inadequate and inhumane. These are individuals that are desperate for assistance. The response from the Israeli government has been to provide assistance across the border which has been inadequate. There are serious concerns for displaced populations that remain in Syria.” Government forces backed by Russian air support have recovered large swaths of territory across southern Syria in the last three weeks, advancing unopposed by Assad’s western and regional foes into the strategically vital region near Jordan and Israel. The campaign in the southwest is now expected to target rebel-held enclaves at the frontier with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel signalled it would not impede the offensive, even as it struck Syrian army posts near the frontier in retaliation for a drone incursion.

Source: Al-Jazeera and other officials to appear before Congress and tell exactly what happened during Trump’s two-hour private session with Putin. Pompeo is to publicly testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 25. Schumer also urged the Senate to take up legislation to boost security for U.S. elections and to revive a measure passed earlier by the Judiciary Committee to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference. But minority Democrats have few tools to enforce anything. In the House, Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi staged a vote Tuesday in support of the intelligence committee’s findings that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.

But even that largely symbolic measure was blocked party-line by Republicans. Senators had floated a similar idea earlier, and Republican Jeff Flake of Arizona said he was preparing a bipartisan bill. But The No. 2 Republican, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas, said sanctions may be preferable to a nonbinding resolution that amounts to “just some messaging exercise.”

Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki was his first time sharing the international stage with a man he has described as an important U.S. competitor -- but whom he has also praised a strong, effective leader. Source: CTV News

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Syrian government seizes strategic India’s top court demands new hill overlooking Golan Heights law to stop lynching India’s highest court has asked the govern-

Syrian government troops have regained control of a strategic hill overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, state-media and rebels said on Monday. Troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad took control of the al-Haara hill on the second day of an offensive aimed at retaking the remaining pockets of opposition in Quneitra province along the border with Israel. The hilltop, which is the highest ground in Deraa province, fell into rebel hands in October 2014, was heavily bombed by Russian and Syrian army air raids over the past two days. The violence is taking place a few kilometres away from the line marking the start of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force zone, an area monitored by a UN force since 1974 in the wake of the ArabIsraeli War. Israel has warned of a “harsh response” should Syrian government forces be deployed in the area and perceives the presence of Iranian and Hezbollah troops key backers of President Assad - a threat to its security interests in the region. President Donald Trump told reporters on Monday after meeting President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Monday in Helsinki that both had agreed to work together on helping ensure Israel’s security. Putin met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a day earlier on Sunday in the Russian capital Moscow to address Israel’s security concerns regarding the presence of Iranian troops in the

war-torn country. While both Russia and Iran have deployed forces to Syria, their interests are said not to be the same, with Russia maintaining close ties with Israel.

Tehran for its part views Syria as a crucial lifeline connecting it to the Lebanese Hezbollah group. A senior Israel official said Netanyahu was not interested in toppling President Assad but was rather looking to tame Tehran’s influence in the country. Israel signalled it would not impede the Syrian army offensive in Quenitra as long as it steered away from the demilitarised zone, even as it struck Syrian army posts near the frontier and elsewhere in Syria where it suspects Iranian backed forces are stationed.

Syria accused Israel on Sunday of attacking the Nairab airbase in Aleppo where a Western intelligence source said the Iranian military had a presence. There were reports that several officers, including Iranians, had been killed, the source said without elaborating. Pro-government troops, backed by Russian air support, have edged ever closer to the border area with Israel since recapturing much of the territory from rebel hands in the southern province of Deraa. The latest Syrian army offensive aims at completing its control of the strategic area known as the “Triangle of Death”, which connects southern Damascus countryside with Deraa and Quneitra provinces.

Source: Al-Jazeera

ment to enact a new law to deal with an increase in mob violence and lynchings that have reportedly killedmore than two dozen of people in the country this year. The Supreme Court in the capital, New Delhi, on Tuesday, recommended that Parliament create a new penal provision to punish the offenders and stem the mob-related violence.

“Horrendous acts of mobocracy cannot be allowed to become a new norm,” a threejudge bench, headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, said. “It has to be curbed with an iron hand.” “No citizen can take law into his hands or become a law onto himself,” the court ruled. The top court was hearing a number of petitions seeking direction on checking mob violence by Hindu cow-protection vigilantes targeting Muslims over suspicions of beef consumption and cattle slaughter. So far this year, there have been 13 incidents of mob lynchings, resulting in the deaths of 27 people, according to the Times of India, often in isolated areas where outsiders have been accused of child kidnapping and other crimes following fake rumours spread via WhatsApp, a messaging application. In the latest incident, a software engineer was killed in a mob attack last week in the southern state of Karnataka. Five others were lynched in neighbouring Maharashtra on July 1. Prashant Bhushan, a public interest lawyer and activist, welcomed the court’s latest order, calling it “very useful and important”. “It [the Supreme Court] has strongly deprecated the recent tendency to spread fake news and hateful news about the religious minorities of the country,” he told Al Jazeera in a phone interview from New Delhi. Besides coming down “very heavily on lynching and mob violence as a very, very serious as-

sault”, Bhushan said the court has “issued some useful directions”. State governments have been asked to appoint local officers in every district to monitor mob violence and take proactive measures, he added. The Supreme Court also urged for such cases to be fast-tracked and decided within six months. “But, so far as the recommendation to enact a law is concerned, that’s just a recommendation to the legislature because ultimately the Parliament has to enact the law; they can’t issue any direction to the Parliament,” Bhushan went on to say.

Last year, more than 100 military veterans wrote an open letter to Modi, condemning the targeting of Muslims and Dalits, a lesser-privileged caste. US-based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the government of failing to protect religious minorities and other vulnerable groups from frequent attacks. The prime minister denies the accusation and has publicly criticised so-called cow vigilantes. The Supreme Court judges on Tuesday sought replies from the federal government and states on the issue and announced that the next hearing would take place in August. Source: Al-Jazeera

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The BC Centre on Substance Use outlined the path to a recovery-oriented system of care that it says is urgently needed.

“British Columbia has long suffered because of the lack of an effective system to support individuals in and pursuing recovery from substance use disorders,” the report published Wednesday says. The province has been focused on addressing the outcomes of untreated addiction and reducing the spread of disease through programs such as supervised injection centres and distribution of naloxone kits. The report praised these efA report on best practices for recovery from forts as essential and life-saving, but says the addiction suggests British Columbia should emphasis on effective recovery treatment has shift its focus from the current harm reduc- been lacking. Source: bc.ctvnews.ca tion strategy.

Fake abduction, Bitcoin ransom the latest scam in Metro Vancouver

RICHMOND, B.C. - Mounties in Richmond, B.C., say it appears criminals have added Bitcoin ransom to the growing list of manoeuvres to swindle money from unsuspecting victims. Officers responded to a report of an abduction on July 16 where a victim said they had received a call from a person demanding money for the safe return of their partner.

Police say the threat was taken seriously because the cellphone call was from their partner’s phone number and the victim then transferred $10,000 into a Bitcoin machine in Richmond. The victim’s partner was later located unharmed and unaware of the supposed abduction. Cpl. Dennis Hwang says police are warning that criminals are trending towards more sophisticated techniques

in gathering personal information from their victims.

Hwang says the most widely demanded forms of payment related to the scams are iTunes and gaming gift cards or Bitcoin.

Source: bc.ctvnews.ca

Beating of Muslim man in Mississauga likely motivated She byadded hate: police that witnesses said the men alleg-

TORONTO -- An attack in southern Ontario that sent a Muslim man to hospital appears to have been motivated by hate, police said Wednesday, as his family tried to come to grips with the incident.

Peel regional police said they were called to investigate a fight in Mississauga, Ont., at about 9 p.m. on Sunday, and discovered the man being beaten by two people.

Ahmed Abu Marzouk said he got to the scene shortly after police arrived to find his brother Muhammed lying on the ground.

“His wife was holding him ... his face was all swollen,” Abu Marzouk said Wednesday.

He said she told him the attackers continued to assault his brother after knocking him to the ground. “She said they wouldn’t stop kicking him while he was on the ground until the cop pulled the gun on them and told them to stop,” he said.

Two men, aged 27 and 19, have been charged with assault in the incident.

“The fight began as a result of a driving incident that occurred in the parking lot,” police said a statement. “During the assault, racially based comments were uttered at the victim, indicating the assault may have been a hatemotivated incident.” Sana Khwaja, who is helping organize a fundraising campaign for the man who was attacked, said he has undergone several surgeries since the incident.

Abu Marzouk had been at a picnic with his family -- including his two daughters, aged six and four -- when he was backing up his car and narrowly avoided hitting two men, Khwaja said. When he got out of the car to see if everything was OK, Khwaja alleged the two men began to beat Abu Marzouk.

edly shouted racist slurs at Abu Marzouk.

“They swore at him. They called him names about his ethnicity,” Khwaja said. “His wife came out, and his brother also came to try to stop them from hurting him further.”

Abu Marzouk has woken up and was able to speak to his parents, Khwaja said, noting that it could take several months for him to recover. She said his injuries include multiple fractures and a brain hemorrhage.

“He’s just a typical Canadian,” she said. “He’s just having fun with his family.... No one expects this to happen to them, and it’s tragic.”

Ahmed Abu Marzouk said his brother is breathing on his own but doctors found a clot on his brain during a scan on Wednesday. “They want to give him a blood thinner, but they’re afraid because he’s still bleeding after the surgery,” he said.

He said his daughters and his brother’s daughters all witnessed the incident. “I think they’re trying to block it,” he said. “They don’t want to talk about it -- keep pretending it never happened.” The Muslim and other communities in the Mississauga, Ont., area have been “helping us a lot morally,” he said.

The incident has drawn the attention of various Muslim groups, including the National Council of Canadian Muslims.

“We are extremely appalled by this horrific assault and our thoughts and prayers are with the victim, their family and the local Muslim community,” Ihsaan Gardee, executive director of the council, said in a statement.

“Such hateful and cowardly acts are abhorrent to all Canadians.”

Peel regional police Chief Jennifer Evans urged local residents on Wednesday to “stay vigilant” and report any hate-motivated crimes they see.

“The Region of Peel is one of the most diverse and inclusive communities in Canada, and hateful behaviour will not be tolerated,” Evans said in a written statement.

“I want to assure the public that all our officers are trained to recognize and investigate hate-motivated crime, and we take these incidents very seriously.”Source: www.cp24.com

Lightning sparks dozens of new wildfires in B.C.’s Southern Interior

A lightning storm swept across the southern Interior overnight, sparking dozens of small wildfires. The B.C. Wildfire Service website shows the fires were sparked along the length of the Okanagan Valley and all the way north to the Williams Lake and Prince George areas. A tweet from the wildfire service says at least 38 new fires were reported last night and more could be identified this morning as crews get a better look. The lightning also hit an apartment building in West Kelowna at around 8 p.m., frightening residents and damaging the roof, but not causing any injuries. Source: bc.ctvnews.ca

Iraqi forces use batons and rubber hoses to disperse protesters

Iraqi security forces have used batons and rubber hoses to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered near an oilfield in the flashpoint province of Basra, as anger mounts over the government’s failure to address crumbling infrastructure and a lack of basic services. Local officials said production had not been affected at the giant Zubair oilfield near Basra, with police vowing to use “necessary measures to keep protesters away from the fields”. Iraqis have vented their anger at several major oil fields since the demonstrations began nine days ago, and stormed government buildings, branches of political parties and powerful Shia militias.

Thousands have poured on the streets in the provinces of Basra, Maysan, Dhi Qar, Najaf and Karbala to demand better services, employment opportunities, and an end to Iranian interference. On Monday morning, protesters burned posters bearing the image of Iran’s former Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini on a main street in the province of Basra. According to activists, at least seven people have been killed and dozens wounded since the unrest first erupted on July 8. “We the people of Basra hear about the Iraqi oil and its huge revenues, but we never enjoy its benefits,” unemployed protester Esam Jabbar said. “Strangers have decent jobs at our oilfields and we don’t

have the money to pay for a cigarette. That’s wrong and must be stopped.” The mounting anger comes at a time when rampant electricity cuts have exacerbated a sweltering heatwave, with Basra seeing temperatures exceed 48 degrees Celsius. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, who is heading a fragile caretaker government until a new one can be formed, has announced that his government would release funds to Basra for water, electricity and health services. But so far, the protesters have ignored his concessions and taken the unusual step of protesting against the government and its powerful Shia neighbour, Iran. “I live in a place which is rich with oil that brings billions of dollars while I work in collecting garbage to desperately feed my two kids,” said Murtadha Rahman, who said he was beaten by police. “I won’t go even if you kill me; I will stay here. I want a job.” Ranked the joint tenth-most corrupt country in the world by Transparency International, southern areas of Iraq are home to oilfields that account for the vast majority of the more than three million barrels of oil Iraq exports every day. Yet, the region remains underdeveloped and has suffered from chronic power outages, poor water quality and uncollected waste.

Source: Al-Jazeera

EU fines Google a record $5 billion over mobile system

The European Union fined Google a record $5 billion on Wednesday for using the market dominance of its Android mobile operating system to force handset makers to install Google apps, reducing choice for consumers. The EU said Google broke the rules when it required mobile phone producers to pre-install the Google Search and browser apps if they wanted to use Google’s app store. Google also paid big producers to exclusively pre-install the Google Search app.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said “companies must compete on their merits,” playing by rules that favor consumers and open markets, and not restrict competition. Google immediately responded that it would appeal. “Android has created more choice for everyone, not less,” said company spokesman Al Verney.

The EU’s fine, which caps a three-year investigation, is the biggest ever imposed on a company for anticompetitive behaviour.

Vestager said that once the financial size of the company is taken into account, the 4.34 billion euro fine is not disproportion-

ate. Google parent company Alphabet made $9.4 billion in profit in the first three months of the year and reportedly had over $100 billion in cash reserves.

In June last year, regulators already fined Google 2.42 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for favouring its shopping listings in search results. But the EU’s insistence that Google change its practices could have a bigger impact than the fine itself.

“The important thing is not to be distracted by the size of the fine, what is important is that Google has to change its abusive behavior,” Rich Stables, CEO of the rival search engine Kelkoo, told The Associated Press.

Source: dawn.com

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PAKISTAN

Election Pakistan July 25, 2018

By: Hussain Raza, BEng (Hons)

turned Khyber Pakhtunkhwa into model provCivil Engineering & Structural Engineering, ince for the country, and have done a lot of work there including: University of Auckland (2019) Depoliticising the police.

Two possibilities as this stage: PTI led coalition government (AML, BAP, Establishing law and order.

PML-Q, GDA, PSP to be coalition partners, In- Improved health and education.[4][5]Reforming and modernisation of madrasahs. dependents to join PTI) PML-N and PPP coalition government (MMA, Rs 5 lakh health insurance to 70% of the population.

ANP, MQM-P to be coalition partners, Inde- Improving the environment by undetaking the “billion tree tsunami project”. pendents to join PML-N or PPP) (Seat projection: PTI - 104; PML(N) - 78; PPP - Taking genuine and effective measures to fight 28; MQM(P) -13; PSP - 1; MMA - 8; BAP - 4; corruption. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was the most GDA - 10; PML(Q) - 6; AML - 1; ANP - 2; BNP corrupt province of Pakistan before 2013. After 2013, when PTI came into power, it has become - 3; NP - 1; PKMAP - 2; IND - 11) the least corrupt province.PTI also fought hard Reasons PPP’s support base is relatively unhinged, but against PML(N) in the Panama papers corrupsome of their electable candidates have joined tion scandal.

PTI, and the formation of the GDA in Sindh Development work [13]such as Peshawar means that they are bound to lose some seats [Local government system in interior Sindh, though they may make some MQM crumbling into factions in Karachi leaves gains in Karachi due to the MQM breaking up. a void in Karachi. This void is being hotly conPML(N) have suffered massive losses largely tested by PTI and PSP. While MQM factions due to the huge amounts of corruption scandals won’t lose all their seats in Karachi and urban opening up. Their former leader, Nawaz Sharif Sindh, they are likely to lose a significant amount was disqualified from PM’ship, and has now of them, mostly to PTI, but a few to PPP too. been disqualified from office for life due to cor- PML(N) failure in Baluchistan has lead to the ruption. Multiple high ranking ministers, such as formation of the BAP by PML(N) and PML(Q) Khawaja Asif have been disqualified, while other defects. This new party is filled with electables, ministers are still being investigated. PML(N) and seem likely to form Baluchistan government are also losing a huge amount of electable can- and win a good share of seats. This new party seems to have an inclination towards PTI, espedidates to PTI. Demands for a new province in South Punjab cially since the senate elections, and are looking have led to a large amount of sitting PML(N) like a viable ally for PTI. MNAs to leave the party. There is a bad feeling Ultimately it will come down to which party can towards PML(N) in South Punjab. At the same get the most people to vote on election day, at time, PTI have expressed that they will create this stage I would put my money on a PTI led a new province in South Punjab on an admin- government. istrative basis, if elected. This means that the PML(N) defects are likely to join PTI, or at least By: M. Abdus Samad AN ELECTION has an important role in buildform an electoral alliance with them.

The FATA merger has become a major issue ing the nation. If candidates are loyal and honest of late. The people of FATA mostly want to be and the election is free and fair, its fruits are secmerged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, but PML(N) ond to none. Unfortunately, all the elections that and it’s allies, MMA and PKMAP, are blocking have been held in Pakistan since 1970 to 2013 could not change the fate of the people while the merger.

The Khatam-e-Nubuwwat issue caused wide- every elected government contributed to an inspread protests by the Barelvi religious group, crease in domestic and international debts, beand has created a bad feeling towards PML(N) sides corruption. The upcoming elections 2018 from the religious part of Pakistan. These voters can be a turning-point for Pakistan and its people may look towards PTI rather than PPP, because if following measures are taken seriously: PTI aim to build a country based on the “princi- Articles 62 and 63 must be implemented so that only loyal and honest candidates participate in ples of Islam” while PPP are a secular party.

In Pakistan, people vote for electables, and all the the elections. The voters must vote only those PPP and PML(N) electable are defecting to PTI. candidates who fulfill the requirements of ArtiPTI’s strong performance in Khyber Pakhtunkh- cles 62 and 63. Those who are against these artiwa has ensured that they will be the first party to cles or want to remove or amend them cannot be win the province two times in a row. PTI have loyal to their country.

The electronic voting system should be intro-

Elections 2018

duced so that once a person casts his vote, his identity card number is entered in the data and that person cannot cast his vote again. This will help eliminate multiple voting.

Expenses on the election campaign must be minimal. The more a candidate spends on his election campaign, the more the chances that he is corrupt. Display and use of any weapon (legal or illegal) must be prohibited before, during and after the elections. As candidates win because of the voters, the voters must be respected in every way. Similarly, the polling staff, especially women, must be given respect.

A handout describing the step-by-step procedure for casting a vote should be distributed by each party in its constituency so that every voter should have proper knowledge about how to vote correctly. Voting age be further reduced from 18 years to 16 years (age of a matriculate person), so that more people can vote and make the winning party stronger.

Pakistan elections 2018: What do the opinion polls predict?

Updated Jul 16, 2018 What do the opinion polls have to say about the three major parties -- Pakistan Muslim LeagueNawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) -- in the run-up to the Pakistan elections 2018?

Islamabad: As Pakistan heads for general elections on July 25, two dramatic events that occurred on Friday the 13th – one horrifying and the other loaded with political drama – bring into focus what’s at stake in these elections. The first was the deadly suicide attack at Mastung in Balochistan province that killed more than 130 people in an election rally. On the same evening of July 13 ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his daughter Maryam Nawaz returned to Pakistan and were promptly arrested.

How will these two events change the electoral outcome in Pakistan? Will people choose a party seen as taking a tougher line against the militancy and sectarian violence that has been plaguing the country for years? Will a sympathy wave help the jailed Nawaz Sharif? Or will the broad trends shown by the opinion polls and surveys hold true?

Let’s take a closer look at what the opinion polls have to say about the three major players -- Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), Pakistan Tehreeke-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Punjab: Sharif is still king – but PTI is gaining

ground Three key polls -- Pulse Consultant, Gallup Pakistan and IPOR -- show that Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N continues to be the party of choice for voters in Punjab, the country’s largest and most dominant province. But significantly, former cricketer Imran Khan’s PTI has narrowed the gap in Punjab.

For instance, the IPOR poll shows that the PML-N vote has barely increased by 2 per cent to hover at just around 50 per cent, but the PTI has made an impressive gain from 19 per cent in 2013 to 30 per cent in 2018.

Sindh: It continues to be PPP territory According to the Gallup poll, voter preference for PPP remained unchanged from last year at 44 per cent. PTI and PML-N have voter preferences of under 10 per cent in the province.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Firmly behind Imran Khan A PTI stronghold, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is firmly behind Imran Khan. In the Gallup poll, 57 per cent respondents said they would vote for PTI, an increase of 10 per cent from last year. Only 9 per cent of respondents said they would vote for PML-N, down from 2017’s 10 per cent.

The Pulse poll showed similar trends, also indicating that voter preference for PPP in 2018 was up slightly to 9 per cent. But Imran Khan is clearly miles ahead in this part of Pakistan.

Balochistan: A mixed bag but PPP may have the edge In Balochistan, the PML-N’s popularity has declined, in both the Pulse and Gallup surveys.

Pulse showed PPP as being preferred by 36 per cent of voters in Balochistan; and PTI by 12 per cent voters, a figure which was 21 per cent in 2017. The PML-N is not in the top three parties in voter preference.

Overall mood of the voter: PML-N, PTI are neck and neck Overall, the PTI has gained ground according to both the Gallup and Pulse surveys. Gallup still puts the PML-N ahead in terms of voter preference, a drop of 8 per cent from 2017. While 26 per cent respondents said they would vote for Sharif’s party, PTI was close behind at 25 per cent. PPP is a distant third at 16 per cent.

In the Pulse survey, PTI has actually moved ahead of PML-N, with their voter preferences at 30 and 27 per cent respectively. www.timesnownews.com

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HADITH & F A I T H Waging war during four of these months is forbidden as they are considered sacred.“The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in succession DhulQa’ da, Dhul-Hijja and Muharram, and (the fourth is) Rajab…” (Bukhari 3197)

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BY: HARUN YAHYA llah the Almighty makes clear that people who make mistake, but then return to Him in sincerity and ask for forgiveness, will be forgiven.

As long as believers are sincerely sorry for what they have done, they must never lose hope in Allah’s mercy regardless of the sin’s magnitude. This truth is emphasized in the following verse: “My servants, you who have transgressed against yourselves, do not despair of Allah’s mercy. Truly Allah forgives all wrong actions. He is the Ever-Forgiving, the Most Merciful. (Az-Zumar 39:53) Our Prophet(SAW) also stated that Allah the Almighty accepts the believers’ repentance:“If you are innocent, Allah will soon reveal your innocence. If you have committed a sin, repent to Allah and ask Him to forgive you, for when a person confesses his sin and asks Allah for forgiveness, Allah accepts his repentance.” (Al-Bukhari) This is one of Islam’s greatest favors and leniencies. Falling into despair after making a mistake, as well as thinking that one will be unable to get back on one’s feet when the religion has made such an allowance, is just gross conjecture. Those who ignore Allah’s allowance oppress their souls and, at the same time, fail to apply one of Islam’s requirements.

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those acts that violate it in many ignorant societies. For example, ridiculing and degrading people who make mistakes in ignorant societies can never flourish where Qur’anic manners predominate. On the contrary, where such manners abide, those people who have returned to Allah and asked His forgiveness as sincere believers will live their lives in peace, happiness, and eagerness.

It is incompatible with the Qur’an for one to fall into despair after having sinned, knowingly or unknowingly.

A person’s superiority can be measured only by piety, that is, the degree to which they commit themselves to Almighty Allah and the Qur’an. Whereas in ignorant societies the people’s faults and mistakes are of the utmost importance, in societies where the Qur’anic ideals prevail, a person’s past mistakes and sins are never mentioned.

The important thing is to receive Allah’s forgiveness. To condemn and censure somebody whom Allah has promised to

forgive cannot be valid or legitimate under any circumstances.

To think of oneself as being faultless, sinless, and perfect is no different than claiming divinity, for humanity is prone to making mistakes and committing sins.

As human beings are weak creatures, Allah has made it known that He is most forgiving and accepting of repentance. This is why it would be incompatible with the Qur’an for someone to fall into despair after having listened to his or her ego and sinned, either knowingly or unknowingly. After making a mistake, believers learn their lessons, see the truth after regretting their actions, immediately seek refuge in Allah, and do their best not to make that same mistake again.

Undoubtedly, believers take the utmost care in avoiding mistakes and sins, and in observing the limits set by Allah. But despite this fact, believers still may make a mistake or sin. But after doing so, believers characteristically return to Allah and seek forgiveness. As a result, Allah’s Names,

visibility of the moon at the end of the previous month. Once the moon is sighted, the new month commences. Each month starts with a new lunar cycle. Hence, the Muslim Calendar gives only a tentative overview of the upcoming Islamic dates as the start of each month is subject to the sighting of the moon.

The Islamic calendar consists of 12 months similar to the Gregorian calendar. However it consists of 354-355 days unlike the 365-366 days in the regular calendar. The Islamic New Year starts off with Muharram followed by Safar, Rabi al-awwal, Rabi althani, Jumada al-awwal, Jumada al-thani, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhul Qadah and Dhul Hijja.

Waging war during four of these months is forbidden as they are considered sacred.“The year is of twelve months, out of which four months are sacred: Three are in succession Dhul-Qa’ da, Dhul-Hijja and Muharram, and (the fourth is) Rajab…”

(Bukhari 3197)

Timing Source: www.islamicfinder.org/

such as The Acceptor of Repentance (atTawwab), The All-Forgiving (al-Ghafur), and The Beneficent (ar-Rahman), become manifest upon those believers who regret their mistakes and turn to Allah.

Muslims who sin but repent and seek Allah’s forgiveness should not grieve.

Just as believers make mistakes and repent, so do they reflect upon their mistakes with the concept of destiny in mind. First of all, such mistakes have been written into their destiny in order to allow them to grow in this world and enable them to move closer to Allah. Once they ask for forgiveness, these mistakes become a way for them to receive rewards, for after vowing to abandon that particular mistake and displaying Qur’anic values by repenting immediately, mistakes actually raise the sincere believers’ degree in the afterlife. They cause believers to mature and become more aware of their deficiencies, weaknesses, and servitude, for the important thing is to abandon the sin, repent immediately, and truly regret what one has done.

In other words, believers who sin but then repent and seek Allah’s forgiveness should not be seized by grief and hopelessness, for hopelessness displeases Allah the Almighty.

After making a mistake, the enthusiasm, fervor, and joy of believers should not diminish. On the contrary, they increase.

SOURCE: ONISLAM

Dhu al-Qidah is one of the four sacred months

hu’l-Qi’dah, Dhu’l-Qa’dah, or alternatively Zulqida (Arabic: , also transliterated Dū l-Qadah, is the eleventh month in the Islamic calendar. It is one of the four sacred months in Islam during which warfare is prohibited, hence the name “Master of Truce”.

The most correct and most traditionally widespread transliteration of the month according to the thirteenth century Syrian jurist al-Nawawi is Dhu’l Qa’dah. AlNawawi also mentions that a smaller group of linguists allow the transliteration Dhu’lQi’dah, however.[1] In modern times, it is most commonly referred to as Dhu’l Qi’dah although this is neither linguistically nor historically the strongest position.

Timing

Who on Earth is Faultless?

The Islamic calendar 2017 - 2018 is based on the moon. Also known as the Hijri Calendar, it started after the hijrah of the Prophet (PBUH) to Madina. The beginning of each month is contingent on the

Names Of A l l a h (SWT) &

Mohammad (PBUH)

Last edition Al Ghani name of Allah(swt) Names were Mubasher Mohammad(saw) name.

Events in Dhu’l-Qi’dah, •

5 AH, the Muslims took part in the Battle of the Trench • 6 AH, Truce of Hudaubiyah • 6 AH, Pledge of the Tree • 7 AH, The first pilgrimage - the return to Mecca for the performance of Umrah by Muhammad and his Companions 1 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, Birth anniversary of Fātimah bint Mūsā 1 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, Treaty of Hudaybiyyah 8 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, Hajj was made incumbent upon Muslims in 8 A.H. 11 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, Birth anniversary of Ali

Islm.

Date 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

al-Ridha, the eighth Twelver Imam 23 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, martyrdom of Ali alRidha according to one tradition 25 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, Arabic: the day earth was laid beneath Ka’ba and birth date of Ibrahim and Jesus.

29 Dhu’l-Qi’dah, martyrdom of Muhammad al-Jawad, the ninth Twelver Imam Source: https://en.wikipedia.org

July 20 - Aug 3, 2018-Dhul Qadah 6-20, 1439H Date Fajar

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7th Pakistan Festival Celebrated @ Vancouver Art Gallery.

By: Consulate General of Pakistan,Vancouver The 7th Pakistan Festival was held at Vancouver Art Gallery on 8th July 2018. The Festival projected Pakistani music, fashion and culinary heritage. An art exhibition and a number of young artists’ performances were also part of the celebrations. Renowned Pakistani singer, Mr. Faakhir Mehmood. delighted the audience with his outstanding performance.

Besides, artists from MIS Sanam Studios, Atlanta performed Balochi, Kashmiri, Pashto, Punjabi,and Sindhi dances adding colours to the whole event with their exotic and dazzling performances.

Honourable Jinny Sims, Minister of Citizen’s Services, Honourable George Chow, Minister of State for Trade, Jobs and Technology of British Columbia and Honourable Andrew Wilkinson, leader of the Official Opposition in the BC Parliament, addressed the audience. Ms. Sims read the message of Honourable John Horgan, Premier of British Columbia, highlighting the importance of the event in creating understanding about Pakistani cultural heritage.

The Consul General, in his welcoming remarks, said that “Canada and Pakistan have shared heritage. In 2017, Canada celebrated 150th years and Pakistan 70th years of their birthdays, however,

the cultures of our two countries go back to thousand years. A strong and vibrant Canadians of Pakistani origin further cement ties between our two beautiful countries. In increasingly multicultural world, the values of these kinds of events cannot be underestimated, which in addition to projecting cultural heritage also offer a sense of belonging and creating cohesiveness among various groups, besides providing entertainment. Over the past four years, Pakistan’s linkages with Canada are increasing. Academic ties are also on the rise and the trade, particularly with British Columbia is growing, however, there is substantial room for improvement. These kinds of events to a greater extent lay the foundation for enhanced trade relations between our two countries”.

Pakistan Festival is regular annual feature highlighting Pakistani cultural heritage.

This was the 7th Pakistan Festival in British Columbia and the 3rd in the City of Vancouver, jointly organized by the Pakistani Canadian Women Society (PCWS), Pakistani Canadian Cultural Association (PCCA) and Pakistani Youth Council (PYC) with the collaboration of the Consulate General. The Festival was attended by thousands of people from all communities.

Congratulations to everyone for successful Event. Miracle

Community awareness: Beware of Phone Scams

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iracle Media Desk: Nowadays, quite a few community members are complaining about receiving suspicious calls from unknown numbers and sometimes long distance numbers appears on screen. Some of those are threatening calls from a fake CRA representative, and calling them back mau end up with charges of $100 on your bill. Please don’t call bavk unless any message is left at your cell phone.

I personally have been receiving 2-3 calls at my numbers weekly with a female speaking Chinese. The Canadian Anti Fraud Centre says the ‘one-ring’ phone scam has started to target people right across Canada.

Please be on the alert about these scams.

You can watch CTV News video How to avoid the ‘one-ring’ phone scam spreading across Canada at this link.

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Weekend with Shaykh Daood Butt – Organized by Masjid Al-Salaam

Masjid Al-Salaam & Education Center, Burnaby has organized in collaboration with Dawanet a series of activities, lectures and workshops from Friday, July 6th to Sunday, July 8; conducted by Shaykh Daood Butt.

Dawanet is Mississauga, Ontario based organization which specializes in creative methods of outreach and community development. Its mission is to connect and serve the community through empowerment, engagement and education. Arif Zia and Junaid Sohail from Dawanet also attended these events.

One of Dawanet’s hallmark projects is a documentary titled “YOUR LAST WALK IN THE MOSQUE” which narrates the impact of brutal terrorist attack of January 2017 at a Quebec City mosque on the families and the entire community. It was first such attack at a place of worship on Canadian soil.

This documentary was shown from coast to coast and was screened at Masjid Al Salaam in April 2018. Dawanet are providing ongoing support to the impacted families and raised more than $400,000 for this cause.

Shaykh Daood Butt – does not require an introduction. However, in order to refresh our memory; the following are few facts: Born and raised in Montreal; in 2002 he was nominated among Canada’s Top Graduates – and obtained degree in Automotive Technology. After becoming automotive engineer he decided to become spiritual engineer; and completed studies from Islamic University of Madina and obtained Master

of Arts with Excellence in Islamic and Other Civilization.

He conducts regular youth program and counselling sessions in GTA, Ontario. He is well known for punctuality and time management and was awarded certificate for not being late from in a single class of Arabic diploma.

He is known for elegant dress code and enjoy car, perfumes and sunglasses. These days he spend more time flying because of his professional commitments and taken 32 flights in first 6 months of 2018.

Friday Khutbah – July 6th The weekend event kick start with the Friday Khutbah where Shaykh Daood, emphasized the core theme of Masjid Al-Salaam and its ambience – a place of peace which welcome every one irrespective of ones colour, race, gender, belief, language and culture.

Shaykh explained the Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) hadith, and its application in our day to day life; which was his first sermon to all people upon his arrival in Madina.

“O People! Feed the hungry, spread salaam, maintain your kind relationship, and pray at night while others are asleep; with this you shall enter Heaven in peace (Source –Al Bukhari) Unity as Ummah – at Richmond Jamea Mosque on July 6 Shaykh Daood describes the current challenges faced by our families in particular and our community in British Columbia in general; and shared practical steps to manage those and build the bond of unity.

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Masjd Al Salaam specially organized this session at Richmond Jamea Mosque with objective to strengthen the bond between communities in Richmond and Burnaby.

Hangout with Youth – July 7 A youth only breakfast cum workshop was conducted by Shaykh Daood; where participants enjoyed a full course Canadian breakfast courtesy of Chef Hussain. Shaykh engaged the youth in various activities and provided platform for youth to discuss topics that are relevant to them.

Shaykh also explained the etiquettes of funeral prayers and at the end of session, all attended a funeral prayer at the Masjid.

More than 30 youths from Burnaby, Surrey and Tri city attended this workshop and express desire to have such sessions on an ongoing basis.

Parenting and Our Legacy – July 7 This event was the pinnacle of weekend and; where Shaykh Daood captivated the audience with his talk on parenting approach and challenges for our community

– and what legacy we are aiming to leave behind in the form of our next generation Sister’s Only Workshop – July 8 - A breakfast workshop was held where Shaykh Daood discussed the skills and tools required for our sisters in present time and ways to polish those skills. The session was followed by Q&A sessions.

If you have missed Friday Khutbah, lectures i.e. Unity and Parenting – then please check Masjid Al Salaam website http://org. thebcma.com/burnaby and You Tube Channel. These lectures will be uploaded in due course.

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Trudeau grows cabinet, with new focus on trade, borders, and seniors

OTTAWA – The federal cabinet got a reconfiguration and expansion Wednesday, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announcing a considerable cabinet shake-up that rearranged six ministers’ responsibilities and promoted five MPs to the front bench.

Scroll down or click here to replay our blog Click here for the full list of cabinet changes The shuffle positions the governing Liberals to put new emphasis on internal and international trade, border security, seniors, as well as more broadly the changing political landscape domestically and evolving

international circumstances.

The new appointments also allowed Trudeau to put in place the ministerial team he wants to take into the 2019 election and take on what he acknowledged as an “ambitious” remaining agenda. Following the swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, Trudeau told reporters outside that the files getting enhanced priority such as trade diversity, expanding tourism, promoting Canadian exports, still fit into his pledge to grow the economy and help the middle class.

Though, amid an enhanced provincial and territorial pushback to a handful of key federal files, like climate change, cannabis legalization, and irregular border crossers, Trudeau said it’s a priority for him to have a cabinet of “strong voices that are able to directly reassure Canadians about the path we’re on.”With the retooling, Trudeau retains the gender parity in cabinet, with 18 men if you include the prime minister, and

Ottawa, ON – The Honourable Michelle Rempel, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship,

and Pierre Paul-Hus, Shadow Minister for Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, issued a statement following an emergency committee meeting calling for a study to discuss the adequacy of the Trudeau government’s response to the crisis at our borders: “Until now, the Trudeau government’s response to the massive spike in illegal border crossings has been completely inadequate, so we’re proud to have forced the govern-

ment has agreed to let the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration to do it’s job and further investigate the issue.

“Canadians expect our refugee system to be safe, orderly, and compassionate. Under Prime Minister Trudeau, it has been insecure, chaotic, and uncaring. The Liberals’ only response has been to throw more money at the problem and hope it will go away. This approach has failed. It has only further entrenched the problem and normal-

ized illegal border crossings while ignoring the real issue – the security of our border.

“We will continue to press the government for a response that goes beyond simply spending more money. Throughout the course of the upcoming committee hearings, we expect the government to present a fully costed plan that upholds the integrity of our borders and prioritizes the world’s most vulnerable who seek asylum in our country.” By: Office of Michelle Rempel

CHILLIWACK (July 17, 2018) – The BC NDP’s childcare plan will lead to a drastic loss of childcare spaces in British Columbia says Laurie Throness, childcare critic for the Official Opposition.

Preliminary results of a survey he sent to all licensed childcare providers in the province show that at least 8,138 childcare spaces will disappear if government continues on its current course.

“We need more childcare spaces in British Columbia but since taking office one year ago, the NDP’s so-called childcare plan is having the opposite effect,” says Throness. “While doing nothing about the crying shortage of early childhood educators, the

NDP have turned against market-based providers who represent about 80 per cent of providers in B.C. By micro-managing their budgets and favouring non-profit providers, market-based providers are heading for the exit doors.

“The NDP needs to alter its plan and apologize to childcare operators before these 8,138 childcare spaces are permanently lost and all these families are left scrambling for care.”Throness sent the survey out to 3,377 licensed child care providers in B.C. using a publicly-available list. He had a high 39 per cent response rate; thirty-three percent were non-profit operators, and 66 per cent market-based. “I’m also saddened to learn

that of the 70 per cent of respondents who have opted into the government’s plan so far, 49 per cent felt it was coercive,” adds Throness. “What’s more, 52 per cent of respondents say they were dissatisfied or very dissatisfied with the level of consultation before the plan was announced.

“These figures provide further evidence that the NDP has rushed and bungled this childcare initiative, to the detriment of operators and the families they serve throughout British Columbia.” The closure figure of 8,138 is based on survey responses. At a response rate of 39 per cent, the number of actual daycare space closures could be much higher.

There were a number of other insights contained in Part I of the survey released today. Throness is now analyzing the hundreds of written comments that respondents included with their surveys, and plans to release details of that valuable feedback at a later date.

17 women. The cabinet now includes 35 members, up from the 30 there were prior to today. No one was removed from cabinet, but a few ministers did have certain responsibilities handed over to someone else.

Trudeau government must present costed plan to deal with crisis at our borders: Conservatives

BC NDP childcare plan threatening more than 8,100 spaces

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Putting workers and communities first apprenticeship opportunities for Indigenous proach to community benefits is flexible, to

By John Horgan Premier of British Columbia A new bridge gets people home faster. New hospitals give patients faster, better health care. And when government spends public money on major projects like bridges, roads and hospitals, I believe communities, families and workers should all benefit.

This week our government announced a new Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) for public projects that put B.C. people first in line for good jobs building the roads, bridges and other infrastructure we need.

The agreements include priority hiring for qualified people who live close to public projects, and will help deliver good-paying jobs, better training, and more trades and

peoples, women and young people around the province.

By expanding apprenticeships for young British Columbians, these agreements will help build B.C.’s next generation of construction workers. Community Benefit Agreements are the best way to deliver projects on time, on budget, with fair wages.

And we’re getting started right away. The first projects to be delivered under the new Community Benefits Framework include building a new replacement for the Pattullo Bridge and four-laning projects on the Trans-Canada Highway between Kamloops and Alberta. If you’re a BC contractor, you can bid to be a part these projects. Our ap-

maximize the number of qualified bidders on public projects. It’s part of keeping costs low for government while delivering longlasting benefits for the people of B.C. For British Columbians like Danielle Shaw, a young mother and ironworking apprentice with Local 97, the CBA means more than new infrastructure. She knows that the opportunity to have good-paying jobs in your province, and work close to home, is huge.

It means not having to go out of province, or travel to get these good-paying jobs, and start your career in the place where you live.

This is just the beginning. Over the next ten years, more projects will benefit more people in more communities.

For too long, decisions were made to benefit the few at the top, instead of all British Columbians. Our government is making different choices. Our government is making sure public projects deliver lasting benefits for people and communities.

We’re working hard to make life better for you and your family. Community Benefit Agreements are part of that.

As we build up our province, let’s build up our people too.

Garden Party with Hon. Andrew Scheer at Tasty Indian Bistro Surrey

By: Shahrukh Naseer On July 14, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Andrew James Scheer PC MP stopover at Tasty Indian Bistro in Surrey during his visit in British Columbia.

A number of South Asian Print and Electronic Media representatives got the opportunity to meet and learn more about Andrew Scheer’s positive Conservative vision for Canada.

He met individually to many attendees and discussed at many Community, National and International issues.

Miracle Media representative Mr. Shahrukh Naseer discussed many Muslim community issues with him. Alice Wong Member of the Canadian House of Commons from Richmond Centre also attended this Garden party Media meeting.

Mr. Harpreet Singh has been nominated Canada’s Conservative Party member of Parliament(MP) from Surrey-Newton.

He thanked Party leader for his nomination in Surrey. And also he requested to listen CP leader vision. Mr. Singh introduced Andrew Scheer to the Media. Andrew James Scheer PC MP 39 years old is a Canadian politician serving as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Regina—Qu’Appelle since 2004 and as the

Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Official Opposition since 2017.In Scheer’s address, he briefed the party constitution and vision for upcoming Election 2019 and thanked all the Media for their time.Mr. Scheer took the time to meet each attendee in person and answer any concerns or issues individually. While speaking to the Miracle Media Group, Mr. Scheer was asked if she shared the vision of the Previous Conservative Government policies regarding revoking of nationality for dual citizens should they be convicted of terrorism, treason or espionage, (which was sub sequentially repealed by the Liberal government to repeal it through Bill C-6). In his response, Mr. Scheer pointed that safety and security of Canadians is essential and that the previous bill passed by the Harper government did not address the issue correctly and posed issued in various communities.

Mr. Scheer was also reminded that Islamophobia continues to be on the rise in Canada during a time when the Muslim population is also growing and was asked on how he plans to work with the Muslim population and other Canadians to ensure they feel welcomed and integrated in Canada. He proudly pointed out that the first Muslim Member of Parliament

was from the Federal Conservative Party (referring to Rahim Nizar Jaffer, elected from or Edmonton-Strathcona on June 2, 1997, at the age of 25).In his final remarks addressed to all of the audience, Mr. Scheer pointed towards an increase in Defence Budget as well as lowering taxation for Middle Class earners in Canada and pointed to the lack of management by the Current Liberal Government in these two areas. He also thanked the media for doing the work they perform in keeping their local communities connected and informed thought the various Media Outlets.

Parliamentary Secretary Bill Blair for Justice & Health joined for a media conference

By: Kamron Bajwa Surrey, BC – On July 12, 2018, Parliamentary Secretary Bill Blair for Justice & Health joined us for a media conference roundtable to discuss the new Cannabis legislation with his fellow Surrey MP`s Ken Hardie for Fleetwood – Port Kells, Randeep Sarai for Surrey Centre and Sukh Dhaliwal for Surrey-Newton who Chaired the Media Conference.

Bill Blair talked about, the current approach to cannabis does not work. It has allowed criminals and organized crime to profit while failing to keep cannabis out of

the hands of Canadian youth. In many cases, it is easier for our kids to buy cannabis than cigarettes. That is why the Government of Canada, after extensive consultation with law enforcement, health and safety experts, and the hard work of the Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, introduced legislation to legalize, strictly regulate and restrict access to cannabis. The legislation has now passed and will officially take into effect October 17, 2018.

Now that Cannabis will be legalized in mid-October, it imposes serious criminal penalties for those who provide cannabis to

Liberal’s MP Randeep Sarai

young people, creates a legal and regulated market for cannabis to take profits out of the hands of criminals and organized crime, and would protect public health through strict product requirements for safety and quality.

Our Government is taking decisive action to regulate and restrict access to cannabis strictly and to toughen our impaired driving laws.

In Q & A session Miracle Media asked : 1.

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2. As per smoking habits in under 18 in schools. How we can protect our kids by adults addicts?

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4. After legalizing this drug then what about others Synthetics drugs use in public?

Parliamentary Secretary Bill Blair replied all Mr. Pirzada questions.

Quote “We want to support families concerned about protecting their kids. That’s our priority too, and that’s the reason we’re regulating marijuana. We want to keep it out of kids’ hands and take the profits away from criminals”.

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Iran builds new centrifuge rotor factory: Nuclear chief

The factory would have the capacity to build rotors for up to 60 IR-6 centrifuges per day Iran has begun working on infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility Iran has built a factory that can produce rotors for up to 60 centrifuges a day, the head of its atomic agency said on Wednesday, upping the stakes in a confrontation with Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear work. The announcement came a month after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he had ordered agencies to prepare to increase uranium enrichment capacity if a nuclear deal with world powers falls apart after Washington’s withdrawal from the pact. Under the terms of the 2015 agreement, which was also signed by Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany, Iran agreed to curb its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.

The other signatories have been scrambling to save the accord, arguing it offers the best way to stop Iran developing a nuclear bomb.

Iran has said it will wait to see what the other powers can do, but has signalled it is ready to get its enrichment activities back

on track. It has regularly said its nuclear work is just for electricity generation and other peaceful projects.

Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the new factory did not in itself break the terms of the agreement.

“Instead of building this factory in the next seven or eight years, we built it during the negotiations but did not start it,” Salehi, said, according to state media.

Last month, Salehi announced that Iran has begun working on infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at its Natanz facility..Source: arabnews.com

Bombs wound four people in Iraqi city of Kirkuk

The cause of the blasts was not clear BAGHDAD: Several roadside bombs wounded four people in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, witnesses said. A police official said the bombs had targeted a commercial district of the city.

Iraqi security forces have largely defeated Daesh militants, removing them from Mosul and other cities and towns.

But the ultra-hard-line Sunni militant group still carries out attacks near Kirkuk and in other parts of the country.

Bankruptcy reforms ‘will spur Saudi Arabian investment’ •Saudi Arabia will introduce its first comprehensive bankruptcy law on Aug. 18 •The new rules have been drawn up to offer protection to creditors LONDON: Saudi Arabia will introduce its first comprehensive bankruptcy law on Aug. 18 in a move designed to encourage foreign and domestic investment in private business, experts say. The move is also seen as providing a boost for competitiveness and jobs, and to help pave the way for the transfer of knowledge and skills as part of a drive to modernize the economy.

Based on internationally recognized insolvency standards, the new rules have been drawn up to offer protection to creditors such as banks, as well as stricken companies that seek to wind up their affairs in an orderly manner, thereby shielding themselves from arbitrary seizure of their assets. “The new regulations will offer lenders, firms and their executives peace of mind and spur overseas investment in the private sector,” said Dario Najm, an associate in the corporate and M&A practice at BSA Ahmad Bin Hezeem & Associates LLP in Riyadh.

In an interview with Arab News, he said that until now there had been little in the way of “procedural clarity” in the way bankruptcies have been handled in KSA. But this was vital to generate confidence and “bring in foreign direct investment that will help to expand the private sector in line with Vision 2030, and refashion the economy.”

It would generate confidence that a formal system was in place to liquidate companies that had run into trouble, or allow them time to recover by arranging a debt-repayment schedule. www.arabnews.com

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’m going to be completely honest with you. Getting up in the morning involves snoozing my alarm several times, staring at the ceiling for a while and when I’m finally ready to brave the task of getting up, tripping over my slippers on the way.

It’s not that I’m a night owl—I just need a little bit of a boost to be my most functional self. And usually that boost involves coffee.

A lot of it.

Sound like you, too?

As any coffee addict’s been told one million times, starting the day off with caffeine has its downsides. Research shows that too much caffeine can lead to issues such as anxiety, insomnia, and increased blood pressure, among other things. And as you know, the highs tend to only last for a couple hours, leaving in their wake a horrible energy crash

that puts you out of commission to be super productive.

So, for the sake of my health, I decided to test out what it would be like not to drink coffee for two weeks.

It certainly wasn’t easy to do, but I did discover a valuable lesson that transformed my morning routine.

I realized that sitting at my desk all day—or focusing for long periods of time, rather— requires long-standing brainpower, not just bursts of energy. Coffee was an excellent quick fix to get that first burst of energy, but to keep me going for longer, I really needed a routine that would get me further than that.

With that in mind, I picked up a few new habits to see what would help. For starters, I began to meditate before work, and found that dedicating just 10 minutes to this

helped me transition between the fast asleep and wide awake stages—something I’d normally rely on coffee to do.

I also created an agenda each day that held me accountable for reaching short-term goals, a responsibility I would’ve otherwise delegated to coffee. I allotted 45 minutes for major assignments, and left room inbetween for “me-time.” And I must say, a countdown to my next break was a much better incentive than another cup of coffee.

The reality is, I didn’t need as much coffee (or coffee as much) as I thought I did. I just needed a more energizing routine.

Now, I know it’s easier said than done to cut out coffee from your diet (I know I won’t always be able to do so). But regardless, it’s important to have a morning routine that works for you. Because if you can get ex-

cited and energized from making breakfast, or journaling, or doing a quick workout, or some other morning activity, you’ll be less likely to turn to caffeine for assistance.

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which is a totally fair statement considering all the studies say just how important breakfast is for your productivity. And I won’t lie, I don’t always eat breakfast, and I do suffer the consequences (and as a result start my lunch at around 11 AM).

But to maintain my super speedy routine and still get some food into my belly, I’ll often bring my breakfast to work. Sometimes that’s a Pop-Tart I toast in our office kitchen, sometimes it’s a bagel I pick up on the way, and sometimes it’s something I’ve prepped the night before and simply eat at my desk.

I’m also not alone in this. Every morning I run into colleagues making avocado toast, microwaving oatmeal, or pouring out cereal right there in our office. Some bring it in on a day-to-day basis, and some leave their stuff at their desk or in our refrigerators.

Of course, I’m lucky to work at a company that provides us with utensils, appliances, milk, and basic condiments—and I know not every company has the same amenities.

But as you can tell from my morning routine I like to keep things simple, and I’ve found many ways to make delicious office meals with limited resources, time, and budget.

The point is: You can eat breakfast at work.

It’s not a crazy concept, and it’s worth a reminder.

In fact, to prove my point, here’s a list of stuff you can keep in your desk at work that suffice as a good-enough breakfast: • Cereal (dry if you don’t have milk at the office) • Granola bars • Oatmeal (if you can make tea in your office, you can make this)

• Nuts and dried fruits • Applesauce • Peanut butter and crackers Buy some fruit that can sit on your desk (such as apples, bananas, and avocado) at the beginning of the week and you’ll be looking at better than a good-enough breakfast.

Now, I’m not saying you have to do this— eating before work most definitely has its benefits, and if I was more of a morning person I’d enjoy a balanced breakfast in the comfort of my home, too. But I am saying that, if you’re running late but need food to survive, you can still get the most important meal of the day covered while in the office.

And there’s nothing better than saving yourself an extra few minutes in the morning.

Take it from me.

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The encyclopedia is a comprehensive work comprised of multiple volumes that took over 5 years to produce. The articles on Mashriqi and Tazkirah were written by Mashriqi’s grandson, scholar and historian Nasim Yousaf, and are contained in the volume entitled Islam, Judaism and Zoroastrianism.

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an National] Congress as well as the [All-India] Muslim League, there is no such leader who has had an exceptionally brilliant academic career. Allama Mashraqi is the only political leader of India who has this distinction.”

A talented leader like him, who completely devoted his life to uniting people regardless of faith and uplifting the masses, is born once in centuries.

About Tazkirah: Tazkirah, authored by Mashriqi, interprets the Holy Quran from a scientific perspective. While writing this book, Mashriqi used his vast multi-disciplinary knowledge of Islam and other religions, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Mechanical Sciences, and Oriental languages (now commonly known as Asian languages). The book drew tremendous interest from both the East and the

West. In 1925, intellectuals and famous personalities from British India and Europe nominated Tazkirah for the Nobel Prize in Literature. These men included Sahibzada Aftab Ahmed Khan (Vice Chancellor of Aligarh University), Sir Abdul Qadir, Sir Fazal Hussain, Professor Maison of France, and Dr. Sohaddon (Professor of Geography). Distinguished Professor Reynold Alleyne Nicholson of the University of Cambridge also translated Tazkirah and sent a copy to Mashriqi.

About the Author: Scholar and historian Nasim Yousaf, who lives in the USA, has been conducting research on South Asian history for approximately

two decades. During this time, his works have been published in books, prestigious academic journals and encyclopedias, and in newspapers around the world. Among his most valuable contributions is a digital compilation of Allama Mashriqi’s historic weekly newspaper, Al-Islah. His books are available in renowned research libraries across multiple continents (from Asia to Africa to Europe to the Americas), including the Library of Congress, Harvard, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, Yale, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, McGill, Cambridge, Oxford, SOAS, and the National Libraries of Australia, Scotland, and Sweden. More information about the author is available on the internet and on social media

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The law must take its course and if the attorney general finds sufficient evidence of acts that are criminal then the attorney general takes the decision. One of our [election] promises was that we would honour the separation of powers between the legislative, executive and judiciary, so I cannot interfere with what the attorney general wants to do.

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Prime Minister Mahathir accused his predecessor Najib Razak of stealing millions of dollars, and this may have led to Najib’s defeat at the polls.

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Chances are, you will also start to spend more time with your friends and maybe talk on the phone more. Changes in relationships are natural but not always easy. Making and keeping friends can be particularly tough if you are shy or unsure of yourself. The best way to make new friends is to be involved in activities and in the community.

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Talk to them, get to know them, and find out if you have something in common with them. Peer pressure can play a major role in friendships. If someone is vulnerable to peer pressure, the relationship is not balanced.

Remember that you have the right and duty to stand up for what you believe is right. Express yourself with your friends. You have the freedom to say “no” if you disagree. If you are scared

of losing a friendship by standing up for what you believe is right, then you are in an unstable friendship. True friends listen to and respect each other’s opinions. Standing up for yourself may cause tension in a friendship, but it is OK as long as you have the skills to handle the situation.

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Everyday we see drama serials which shows how even family members do not let each other live happily, in fact they spoil the lives. All this is so unbelievable ,it is anger ,hatred, jealousy and most destructive is ego. A human being is also animal in the eyes of science but what separates him is his sense of good and bad , right and wrong.

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Cleaning Toilets, Following Rules: A Migrant Child’s Days in Detention

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portrait of life in the shelters for the children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico

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By Dan Barry, Miriam Jordan, Annie Correal and Manny Fernandez

Do not misbehave. Do not sit on the floor.

Do not share your food. Do not use nicknames. Also, it is best not to cry. Doing so might hurt your case.

Lights out by 9 p.m. and lights on at dawn, after which make your bed according to the step-by-step instructions posted on the wall. Wash and mop the bathroom, scrubbing the sinks and toilets. Then it is time to form a line for the walk to breakfast.

“You had to get in line for everything,” recalled Leticia, a girl from Guatemala.

Small, slight and with long black hair, Leticia was separated from her mother after they illegally crossed the border in late May. She was sent to a shelter in South Texas — one of more than 100 government-contracted detention facilities for migrant children around the country that are a rough blend of boarding school, day care center and medium security lockup. They are reserved for the likes of Leticia, 12, and her brother, Walter, 10.

The facility’s list of no-no’s also included this: Do not touch another child, even if that child is your hermanito or hermanita — your little brother or sister.

Leticia had hoped to give her little brother a reassuring hug. But “they told me I couldn’t touch him,” she recalled.

In response to an international outcry, President Trump recently issued an executive order to end his administration’s practice, first widely put into effect in May, of forcibly removing children from migrant parents who had entered the country illegally. Under that “zero-tolerance” policy for border enforcement, thousands of children were sent to holding facilities, sometimes hundreds or thousands of miles from where their parents were being held for criminal

prosecution.

Last week, in trying to comply with a court order, the government returned slightly more than half of the 103 children under the age of 5 to their migrant parents.

But more than 2,800 children — some of them separated from their parents, some of them classified at the border as “unaccompanied minors” — remain in these facilities, where the environments range from impersonally austere to nearly bucolic, save for the fact that the children are formidably discouraged from leaving and their parents or guardians are nowhere in sight.

Depending on several variables, including happenstance, a child might be sent to a 33-acre youth shelter in Yonkers that features picnic tables, sports fields and even an outdoor pool. “Like summer camp,” said Representative Eliot L. Engel, a Democrat of New York who recently visited the campus.

Or that child could wind up at a converted motel along a tired Tucson strip of discount stores, gas stations and budget motels. Recreation takes place in a grassless compound, and the old motel’s damaged swimming pool is covered up. Still, some elements of these detention centers seem universally shared, whether they are in northern Illinois or South Texas. The multiple rules. The wake-up calls and the lights-out calls. The several hours of schooling every day, which might include a civics class in American history and laws, though not necessarily the ones that led to their incarceration.

Most of all, these facilities are united by a collective sense of aching uncertainty — scores of children gathered under a roof who have no idea when they will see their parents again.

Leticia wrote letters from the shelter in South Texas to her mother, who was being held in Arizona, to tell her how much she missed her. She would quickly write these notes after she had finished her math worksheets, she said, so as not to violate yet another rule: No writing in your dorm room.

No mail.

She kept the letters safe in a folder for the

day when she and her mother would be reunited, though that still hasn’t happened. “I have a stack of them,” she said.

Another child asked her lawyer to post a letter to her detained mother, since she had not heard from her in the three weeks since they had been separated.

“Mommy, I love you and adore you and miss you so much,” the girl wrote in curvy block letters. And then she implored: “Please, Mom, communicate. Please, Mom. I hope that you’re OK and remember, you are the best thing in my life.”

The complicated matters of immigration reform and border enforcement have vexed American presidents for at least two generations. The Trump administration entered the White House in 2017 with a pledge to end the problems, and for several months, it chose one of the harshest deterrents ever employed by a modern president: the separation of migrant children from their parents.

This is what a few of those children will remember.

No Touching, No Running Diego Magalhães, a Brazilian boy with a mop of curly brown hair, spent 43 days in a Chicago facility after being separated from his mother, Sirley Paixao, when they crossed the border in late May. He did not cry, just as he had promised her when they parted. He was proud of this. He is 10.

He spent the first night on the floor of a processing center with other children, then boarded an airplane the next day. “I thought they were taking me to see my mother,” he said. He was wrong.

Once in Chicago, he was handed new clothes that he likened to a uniform: shirts, two pairs of shorts, a sweatsuit, boxers and some items for hygiene. He was then assigned to a room with three other boys, including Diogo, 9, and Leonardo, 10, both from Brazil.

The three became fast friends, going to class together, playing lots of soccer and earning “big brother” status for being good role models for younger children. They were rewarded the privilege of playing video games.

There were rules. You couldn’t touch others. You couldn’t run. You had to wake up at 6:30 on weekdays, with the staff making banging noises until you got out of bed.

“You had to clean the bathroom,” Diego said. “I scrubbed the bathroom. We had to remove the trash bag full of dirty toilet paper. Everyone had to do it.”

Diego and the 15 other boys in their unit ate together. They had rice and beans, salami, some vegetables, the occasional pizza, and sometimes cake and ice cream. The burritos, he said, were bad.

Apart from worrying about when he would see his mother again, Diego said that he was not afraid, because he always behaved.

He knew to watch for a staff member “who was not a good guy.” He had seen what happened to Adonias, a small boy from Guatemala who had fits and threw things around.

“They applied injections because he was very agitated,” Diego said. “He would destroy things.”

A person he described as “the doctor” injected Adonias in the middle of a class, Diego said. “He would fall asleep.”

Diego managed to stay calm, in part because he had promised his mother he would. Last week, a federal judge in Chicago ordered that Diego be reunited with his family. Before he left, he made time to say goodbye to Leonardo.

“We said ‘Ciao, good luck,” Diego recalled.

“Have a good life.”

But because of the rules, the two boys did not hug. Source: www.nytimes.com

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Intra-Islam Seminar: Islam is Under Attack,Can Muslims Unite?

By: Dr. Mohammad Akbar Baabul Ilm Education Society of BC organized a curious and unique in nature seminar on a very sweltering topic, Islam is Under Attack: Can Muslims Unite? The seminar was held at the Conference Centre of the Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey campus on July 07, 2018.

In this one in kind seminar, scholars from all the major sects of Islam made very noteworthy and thought-provoking recommendations. The attendance (60 plus), like always was not according to the expectations of the organizers, given the importance of the topic and the stature of the speakers. Some of the speakers were especially flown in from outside of Vancouver.

Dr. Mohammad Akbar in his opening remarks highlighted the importance of the topic and why Baabul Ilm Education Society thought it necessary to have a discussion on such an antagonistic issue: bring various sects of Islam on one table for discussion. He mentioned that many friend and well-wishers advised not to get involved in such a potentially quarrelsome subject. It was feared that it could be difficult to control the sentiments that each sect’s followers hold against the other sect. But, as Dr. Akbar mentioned, the very idea of holding such a discussion was to probe the reasons and explore the grounds on which this animosity is erected. Dr. Akbar asked, why we want to slit each other’s throats in the name of those great personalities of Islam who did not fight with each other, even if it were for the sake of the religion. In fact, for the sake of argument, if they were not friends with each other, at least they considered each other as respected acquaintances.

If there were a disagreement among these great personalities on some issues, they agreed to disagree in most civilized, respectful and polite manner. Why can’t we, Muslims, educated and sensible human being follow our great heroes in this regard and try to live in harmony and create an environment of tolerance and at least agree to disagree in a decent manner.

Dr. Akbar also enlightened the audience about the other activities that Baabul Ilm Education Society carries out throughout the year. He specifically mentioned about the forthcoming 6th annual Baabul Ilm Scholarship Program. He mentioned that this program is open for all Muslim youth without any discrimination on the basis of cast, sect, clan, or language.

Dr. Syed Nasir Zaidi in his thought provoking talk highlighted number of areas where more work is needed to be done to bring the Muslims together. He quoted number of Quaranic verses that highlight the importance of unity and brotherhood among Muslims. He said that according to the Quaranic teachings disputes among Muslims on petty issues can cause two problems.

One the Ummah will be weak and fragmented and as a result become vulnerable. Others will find it easier to target the religion and tarnish the true spirit of Islam and the religion of God. Secondly, Muslims will lose their dignity and respect among various nations and religion of the world. He mentioned that no further elaboration of these verses of Quran are required. The plight of the Muslims all over the world and the bad name, the tarnished image that we have earned for our religion speaks for itself. Is-

lam has never been threatened from outside as much as it is threatened and damaged from within itself. Dr. Zaidi said that Quaran clearly distinguishes between dispute and difference of opinion. He mentioned that due to our personal vested interest we hold different opinion about certain facts although we know what is right and what is wrong. According to the Quran this type of behaviour will cause all sorts of issues and Ummah may end up in a dire estate. Therefore we have to rise above our selfvested interests and aspire for a much greater objective that is glory of our religion. According to Dr. Zaidi most of the issues that create rift among various sects of Islam, in fact these various sects of Islam themselves are a creation of vested inters, mostly governments in so-called Islamic countries. Muslims as nation need to understand and recognize this root cause of disputes among different sects of Islam. He mentioned that the first thing that we have to do is to stop using abusive language against each other and try to behave in more civilized manner.

Other speakers also expanded their discussion on similar line. Mufti Mohammad Shujaat Ali Nadwi in his speech gave solid and concrete recommendations regarding how the Ummah can be united. He started his talk by listing three reasons of why Islam is under attack. One, frail beliefs and weak fragile faith in God and teachings of Islam.

Second, weak character and ignorance of true values of Islam. Thirdly, fragmentation on the basis of sects which in turn are based on petty differences. He recommended that we need to reform ourselves in three arrears. One on personal basis, we need to adopt certain attitudes. For example, we need to respect each other’s praiseworthy personalities. It is impossible to come close to each other while smearing at the people. Second area where reforms are needed is on religious basis. The very meaning of the word Islam is to enhance understanding and knowledge.

Reduce disagreements and bring forth and focus more common ground. Finally, all such material, print or electronic, that fans hatred and fuels animosities should be vanned by all sects. He recommended that scholars and leaders of all the sects should be invited to discuss and propagate common grounds among various sects of Islam.

Mufti Shujaath Ali concluded by saying that there are two types of people who can bring people together or create

differences among people. One is politicians and other is religious scholars and leaders. They have to come forward and play their due role in bringing the Ummah together.

Prof. Badiuddin Soharwardi in his keynote address made number of recommendations on the topic. He started his talking by explaining what is meant by yalghar (attack) and mutahid (unite).

He mentioned that difference among ourselves is weakening our ability to tackle with the attack from outside.

All difference are not bad. Differences of opinion is natural and good for any society to evolve. He mentioned that there used to be differences of opinion even in the presence of the Holy Prophet (PBUH). But we have to be cautious about the difference that can cause enmities among ourselves. Prof. Soharwadi said that the main problem with our religion these days are the self-styled alims and muftis that have very little understanding of the teaching of Islam and Quran and yet they impose themselves as the leaders and the only true preachers of Islam. They are not even capable of doing the right translation of the verses of Quran. He cited couple of examples in which he was presented with a translation of the verses of Quran by a non-Muslim who was asking for the explanation of a Quran verse in view of the translation. But the translation was completely ignorant of the context the verse was referring to. Mr. Soharwardi recommended that when we find any speaker from the pulpit is saying divisive things or insulting great personalities of Islam we should immediately stand up and stop him. If this practice is exercised couple of times these types of Ilims will either disappear or start behaving in a better way. Prof. Soharwadi recommended that the first thing that need to be done is to stop awarding Kufr and Shirk fatwas to each other. This type of behaviour flares up sentiments and the outcome is evident, that Muslims are slitting each other’s throats. It is an irony that more Muslims are killed by Muslim than by non-Muslims, he concluded.

In the end a very heated but informative question and answer session ensued that lasted for about an hour. In this session audience asked all kinds of questions and made comments. While the speakers gave very detailed but precise and enlightening replies. The event concluded with some refreshments served in the end.

Google pays homage to Mehdi Hassan on 91st birthday with doodle

KARACHI: Google is paying tribute to Pakistan’s legendary ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan with its doodle feature on his 91st birthday (July 18) . Google honours prominent personalities and occasions with special logos that it calls ‘doodles’. Shahenshah Ghazal, Mehdi Hassan was born on July 18, 1927 in a village called “Luna” in Rajasthan, India.

The legendary Ghazal singer landed his first musical performance on Radio Pakistan in 1957, primarily as a thumri singer, which earned him recognition within the musical fraternity. After that, he never looked back, going on to sing ghazals and playback songs for Pakistani movies. Mehdi Hassan is world-wide considered the best ghazal singer of all time.

His first song was ‘Jis Ne mere dil KO dard diya’ film Susral in 1962 and popular

ghazal ‘Insha ji ab kooch Karo is shar me dil KO lagna KIA’ made him immortal.

Later Lata Mangeshkar said compliments for him that “Bhagwan talks in his throat”.

In October 2010, HMV released ‘Sarhadein’ in which probably the first and last duet song ‘Tera Milana’ featuring Mehdi Hassan and Lata Mangeshkar was released.

Ranjish hi Sahi Dil Hi Dukhane K Liye Aa; Patta Patta, Boota Boota; Dil-E-Nadan Tujhe Hua Kya Hai and Dil Ki Baat Labon Par Laakar are among the his all-time hits.

He was honored with numerous awards including Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pride of Performance and Hilal-e-Imtiaz by the Government of Pakistan. He remained a leading singer of film industry along with Ahmed Rushdi. One of his songs he will be most remembered for is Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s, ‘Gullon Mein Rang Bhare.’

A host of other numbers like ‘Ik Husn Ki

Devi Se Mujhe Pyar Hua Tha’, and ‘Jab Koi Pyaar Se Bulaye Ga, Tum Ko Ek Shakhs Yaad Aye Ga’ are also equally memorable. He sang for over 300 films during his music career.

Hassan died on June 13, 2012 after a protracted illness in a hospital in Karachi.

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Mastung massacre:128 martyred, over 200 injured in suicide blast claimed by Islamic State

By Mohammad Zafar QUETTA: A suicide bomber targeting a political rally of the Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) on Friday killed at least 128 people and injured over 200, the deadliest in a string of attacks on electioneering that have heightened security fears ahead of the elections.

Among those slain was the candidate for PB-35 (Mastung) Siraj Raisani,

whose elder brother Nawab Aslam Raisani had served as the Balochistan chief minister from 2008 to 2013. “My brother Siraj has been martyred,” said Haji Lashkari Raisani, another brother who is also contesting for a National Assembly seat from the province.

The blast – which was claimed by the militant group Islamic State – ripped through the corner meeting in Drin-

garh village of Mastung district, some 35km away from the provincial capital making it the deadliest in the country since the 2014 carnage at the Army Public School..

“The death toll has risen to 128,” Balochistan Home Minister Agha Umer Bangulzai told The Express Tribune, adding that there were more than 100 wounded.

FBR gets detailsobtains ofinformation Pakistani assets in Britain in respect of alyzed “for taking further action”.

By Shahbaz Rana In a desperate effort to reinvigorate the lackluster offshore tax amnesty scheme, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) claimed on Monday it will proceed against individuals who own immovable properties in the United Kingdom but did not disclose them yet.“The FBR

By APP MIANWALI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday said his party would provide all basic amenities, including healthcare, education, law and order, quick justice and potable water after coming into power.

Addressing a public meeting at Kamar

immovable properties owned by Pakistanis in the United Kingdom with the assistance of OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) and UK Tax Authorities,” a brief statement issued by the FBR said. It stated that the information was being an-

PTI chief promises to build Bhasha dam

Misani, he said the condition of government schools in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa had improved during the last PTI government as evident from the fact that some 300,000 children studying at private institutions got admission in public sector ones.

The PTI chief also said he would intro-

duce a healthcare system in the rest of the country just as it was introduced in K-P where every person could get medical treatment of up to Rs550,000 and expenses would be borne by the government. Regarding law and order, Imran said he would make police apolitical and nobody would be allowed to inter-

Surprisingly, the OECD exchange of information is scheduled to begin from September this year and it will not include details of immovable properties.

This information would largely be related to details of the bank accounts, according to FBR officials.

fere in their affairs. The PTI chairman also vowed speedy disposal of civil and criminal cases would be ensured and steps would also be taken for provision of speedy justice to the people, if the PTI was voted to power. “We will construct the Bhasha Dam after coming into government,” he pledged.

Imran Khan kicks off election 2018 campaign

PML (N) Shabaz Sharif Addressing Public Meeting During Election Campaign.

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhuto Zardari , MQM’s Dr. Imran Farooq & PJP”s Mustafa Kamal

Eyeing 2018 Elections, Deobandi Parties Revived Mma With Sunni-Shia Parties.

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Fans in Paris, Zagreb revel in thrilling World Cup final While France fans went home the happiest, crowd gathered in Croatia’s capital lauded the team’s great show in Moscow.

The boom of fireworks and firecrackers fills the Paris air as France celebrates its second World Cup win in 20 years. Millions of French football fans were delirious with joy on Sunday as France beat Croatia 4-2 to win a thrilling final in Moscow and spark ecstatic scenes - from Paris and Marseille to Bordeaux and Lille.

More than 80,000 fans gathered at the foot of

the Eiffel Tower in the French capital to watch the match, and as the final whistle sounded, they erupted with joy.“I’m so happy. It’s the same feeling as 20 years ago,” Yohann Lardiere told Al Jazeera, referring to France’s World Cup win in 1998. “But we’re living something else, totally different,” added the 33-year-old.

“For the last three years, we are used to living atrocious events in France. Today, it is amazing to be French and celebrate this joyous occasion.”

Pakistan beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets in third ODI, clinch series

Pakistan sealed a series win after strolling to a nine-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the third one-day international on Wednesday. Pakistan seamer Faheem Ashraf took a career-best five for 22 as the hosts were skittled for just 67. The total was the home side’s lowest ever against Pakistan, and the lowest ever recorded in 78 ODIs at Queens Sports Club. In reply, opener Fakhar Zaman then hit an undefeated 43 as Pakistan needed just 10 overs to seal victory and take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-game series.

Once again Zimbabwe won the toss and opted to bat first, but their slide began as early as the second over.

Prince Masvaure, on his debut, was caught out on a lifter from Usman Khan and Zimbabwe were under immediate pressure at 1 for 1.The hosts were wobbling at 26 for 3 when matters went from bad to worse when Ashraf came on as first change in the 10th over. He quickly had Peter Moor brilliantly caught in the slips by Babar Azam before trapping Chamu Chibhabha

leg before wicket with a skidding full delivery.

He then had Elton Chigumbura caught behind and castled Ryan Murray as Zimbabwe slipped to a perilous 54 for 8. Tailenders Wellington Masakadza and Blessing Muzarabani clung on for seven overs, but legspinner Shadab Khan eventually removed Muzarabani with a googly and Ashraf then returned to end the innings with a pinpoint yorker.That delivery clean bowled no. 11 Richard Ngarava, giving Ashraf his maiden international five-wicket haul.

Fawad Rana, the owner of Lahore Qalandars visited BC

On July 6th, Mr. Haroon Ghaffar hosted a dinner party in the honor of Mr. Fawad Rana( the owner of Lahore Qalandars), in Gulberg Restaurant Surrey.

Few Community members and Print & Electronic Media were invited to meet him. Mr. Ghaffar briefed about Lahore Qalandars and said Mr. Rana is the managing director of Qatar Lubricants co.

(QALCO), and he gave a presentation onLahore Qalandar and the struggled of Mr. Rana. In past two years he has become a special part of Pakistan Super League with his enthusiastic, emotional and dramatic cameos at Lahore Qalandars matches.” Mr. Farukh Syed, Mr. Farrukh Alam and Mr. Fahad Amjad also deliv-

ered their views about Cricket promotion in Pakistan and admired Mr. Rana efforts.

Mr. Fawad Rana thanked everyone who came here to meet him. He told “why did I buy Lahore Qalandars”? “Cricket is the binding force of Pakistan”. When the Pakistan Super League was in the making, my brother, Atif Rana told him about it and persuaded me to take part in the league. I was the first person to announce his team, Lahore Qalandars, in PSL. So, I can say that I played a vital role in developing this league. I am a Qalandar, and Qalandars respect all spiritual Scholars by heart. I still have faith in the team and management. We invited for trials almost 250,000 cricketers lovers from all

over the Punjab in past three years and we produced many famous cricketers included Fakhar Zaman, Shahansha Afridi and discovered a new fast bowler Salman Irshad, from Azad Kashmir and our coach is famous legendry cricketer Mr. Saqib Javed, in our Lahore Qaladandar squad Australian and New Zealand formers cricketers are included.

At the end I would like to request you that being overseas patriotic Pakistanis, support the L.Q and I also have a plan to invite Canadian Crickter youngsters” Pardesi Qalandar League” in Pakistan.

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